into my old Better Homes & Garden cookbook turned up a whole mess of recipes for such icebox sandwiches. I guess they were kind of a special occasion (bridge club, definitely!) snack. Definitely something good to bring to parties...

, folks) Judy Rodgers and Marian Morash have single hit wonders (Zuni Cafe Cookbook and the venerable Victory Garden Cookbook) worthy of honorable mention. Mark Bittman’s works are more uneven – his smaller Minimalist...

left to eat in RI is going to be Dunkin Donuts. Then I will have to take up gardening and fishing.

"Not to be a smartass, but I don’t understand how you can dismiss stuff as crap if you are ignoring it"   I don’t turn my head at Home Depot, Lara Croft movies, Madonna records, Kenny G concerts, or Olive Garden....

, too. Victory Garden Cookbook for selecting (even growing), handling and preparing produce. Some pictures.

Garden. Those of you who speak Chinese will have better luck at at least communicating what you want to them. The menus are not in English. I will be back with street names.

is coming to light in the U.S. Of course any ethnic cuisine is mired in cliche, stereotypes and pop culture context, i.e., Olive Garden, PF Changs, Chevy’s.

Spike was so wrong to think that Nikki "would lead us to victory" and needed to shop with someone who wouldn’t get in her way (himself). Perhaps quality time between Lisa and Nikki at Whole Wallet could have refined the...

It all depends on your surroundings. Being in NYC, we have several German options. Howver, German fine dining is very difficult to find. Most of what we have here is based on the beer garden style of restaurant. Current favorites...

stuffing and brown sugar-glazed carrots: There’s not much I can say that can’t be said in the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook—because that’s where I got both recipes. The stuffing, which I make with...

. They can be revived and served over pasta or rice. They make fabulous sandwiches. And many vegetables, to my taste, are best roasted.

it seems every car in the US is unloaded from ships waiting to be reloaded onto trucks and trains. I don’t exaggerate; there are tens of thousands of new cars parked over the hill. And even in that area there is an amazing...